Giving reveals efforts now being made to solve problems and save lives both down the street and around the world. It urges us to seek out what each of us, regardless of income, available time, age, and skills, can do to help.

Bill Clinton shares his own experiences and those of other givers, stories that demonstrate that gifts of time, skills, things, and ideas are as important and effective as contributions of money.

Clinton writes about men and women who traded in their corporate careers, and the fulfillment they now experience through giving. He writes about energy-efficient practices, about progressive companies going green, about promoting fair wages and decent working conditions around the world.